Whole-House Generator Installation in Portland

• Licensed and bonded – We hold Oregon CCB #48131 with full bonding and insurance, so you know who is working at your house.
• One team for the electrical and gas work – We coordinate the gas connection and the transfer switch ourselves, so you deal with a single crew.
• Permits and inspection handled – We pull the electrical and gas permits and meet the inspector, so the installation is on record and ready for resale.
• A free consultation and a written price – You see the full cost before any work begins, and financing helps spread out the price of a larger project.
• Clean, careful job sites – Our crews protect your property while they work, and we leave your yard and utility space cleaner than we found it.
• Warranties and 24/7 emergency calls – Our warranties cover the work, and we answer emergency calls day or night when a storm puts your system to the test.

After the install, we stay in your corner, and our Maintenance Membership Program keeps the unit tested and serviced. If you want a generator installed by people who plan to be here for the next outage and the one after that, we are the crew to call. Reach out for a free consultation, and we will start with the loads that matter most to your family.

What Goes Into a Whole-House Generator Installation

A generator installation is part electrical project and part gas project, and your lot shapes the whole job. Standby units need clearance from windows, doors, and the house, which gets tricky on a narrow Portland lot with a tight side yard. The gas meter, the electrical panel, and the pad location all affect the price, so we look at all three before we give you a number.

Here is how a generator installation goes with our crew:

• A site visit and a calculation of the loads you want to back up
• A written price for the generator, the transfer switch, and the permits
• Electrical and gas permits pulled with your city or county
• A pad set in a code-compliant spot with room for service
• A gas line connection and a transfer switch wired at your panel
• A full test under load and a demonstration of how the system works

Our licensed electricians handle the wiring and the transfer switch, and we coordinate the gas connection so you deal with one crew. If your panel is full, our electrical panel upgrades give the transfer switch the room it needs. Sun Glow stays on the job until your generator passes inspection and starts on its own.

What a Whole-House Generator Keeps Running While the Neighborhood Goes Dark

When customers ask us what a standby generator is worth, we ask what they would miss first. For a lot of Portland families, the answer is the refrigerator, the heat, or the sump pump, and each of those protects something expensive. That question is how we decide what your generator needs to carry.

Here is what a standby generator keeps running in your home:

• Your refrigerator and freezer – Food in a closed refrigerator stays safe for about four hours without power. A generator keeps the fridge and the freezer cold, which protects hundreds of dollars of groceries and saves you the ice run.
• Your furnace or heat pump – A modern furnace needs electricity for its blower and controls, although it burns gas. In a January ice storm, that is the difference between a comfortable house and frozen pipes.
• Your sump pump – Portland's wet winters can fill a basement in hours, and a sump pump with no power cannot keep up. A generator keeps the pump running, so a storm outage does not turn into a flood.
• Your lights, Wi-Fi, and home office – A generator keeps your router, laptops, and lights on, so you can work, stay informed, and charge every phone in the house.
• Medical equipment and security – Oxygen concentrators, CPAP machines, and alarm systems depend on steady power, and a standby generator takes over within seconds. For some families, that reason alone justifies the investment.

A generator is only as good as its sizing, so we start by adding up the loads that matter most to you and choosing a unit that carries them. Sun Glow installs the system and tests it under load before we leave. When the next outage comes, you will be the house on the street with the lights on.